John J. Mearsheimer

I totally agree.

Yeah.

But in the early years, certainly up until 1967—

The Israelis have a really powerful sense of the limits of what they could accomplish, and they are very careful, right?

They don't have the United States as a great power ally at the time.

There's no Israel lobby of any consequence, certainly before 1948.

And they're in a sea of hostile neighbors.

So they have to be very cautious.

They have to be tactically and strategically smart.

But what happens to Israel over time is not only do the guardrails come off, or maybe put it in slightly different language, not only do the checks come off,

But they develop this incredibly powerful military, right?

Because of help from the United States.

And of course, this is where the Israel lobby comes in, right?

But they become a Goliath.

They look like a David to begin with, if you think about it.

But over time, that David turns into Goliath.

And there are no guardrails.

The United States will not only sanction anything they do, it will support what they do with material resources and protect them diplomatically.

Just think about the genocide in Gaza.

I mean, here we have a people that was a victim of one of the greatest genocides in recorded history not long ago committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.